Concerts

The last time I tripped mushrooms, it went down exactly the way you might imagine it: I was sitting on a patio nursing a beer when an elfin bearded dude — wearing, I shit you not, a stovepipe hat — bounded up and told me to open my hand. I…

Between Josh Homme’s various bands and Fu Manchu, Torch the Wagon’s influences are easy to pick out. Even so, this isn’t the stoner-rock sort of thing that was rampant here a few years back. Instead, the band takes the splintery groove of its obvious inspirations and puts some real drive…

Although its moniker might imply a sound that’s massive and earthshaking, Seismic Event’s alt-rock is tamer than a defanged tiger. Just the same, even though the band splits the difference between acts like Kings of Leon and the Fray, the seven songs here aren’t necessarily wimpy. Frontman Tyrel Sloan’s vocals…

Out of the Blues, Papa Juke’s followup to 2009’s Jukin’ at Jack’s, draws from the blues in many forms. Early on, the four-piece displays a knack for writing tunes all across the blues spectrum, from blues-tinged funk numbers like “Never Lost Love” to jazzy blues cuts like “Sizzle” and jump…

DJ Ktone brought together a variety of contributors for Left Lane Music vol. 1. The album is heavy with tracks from Denver artists like Anxious (for the smoker-friendly joint “Put It in the Air”) and Innerstate Ike (check him out alongside E-40 on the street love song “From the Soil,”…

In the fall of 2010, Robin Edwards of Lust-Cats of the Gutters wrote to CJ MacLeod and Ethan Hill and asked if they wanted to play a late-December show at the Carioca Cafe (aka Bar Bar) in December. Mcleod had seen the Lust-Cats months before and had written about them…

You might expect an artist with a name like Punisher to be a big man with an attitude, but that’s not the only surprise musician Michelle Herrmann has in store for those unfamiliar with her. The Detroit techno impresario began her career in 1993, at the tender age of fifteen,…

Heyday, My Body Sings Electric, Beats Noir, Saints, Monroe Monroe, Eldren, Reno Divorce, Fierce Bad Rabbit, Swayback, Churchill, Photo Atlas, In the Whale

Update (12/6/11): Suspicions confirmed. The mighty men of TaunTaun are indeed reconvening to play a show. “I don’t want to call it a reunion,” says Ian O’Dougherty, “because we never broke up. This is just for Jim.” The Jim in question is Jim Norris of 3 Kings Tavern, where TaunTaun…

Snowball 2012 lineup ticket info, Big Boi, MiMOSA, BoomBox, Ghostland Observatory, Gauntlet Hair, the Head and the Heart, TV on the Radio, Bassnectar, Rusko, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Elephant Revival, Avon Colorado

Welcome to Memory Lane Monday, our latest feature in which we hop into the Hot Tub Time Machine and spotlight a band from the bursting annals of bygone Denver music. This week: Lionize, a band we used to catch once upon a time when we were underage at Sonesta in…

The Solution, the Best of Denver award-winning club night hosted by DJ Low Key, Sounds Supreme, and DJ Lazy Eyez, is back and will take up a monthly residency at the Meadowlark for the city’s newest, hottest live music showcase. The premise of the party is to showcase a dope…

SCOTT KELLY at HI-DIVE | 12/3/11There were plenty of signs around the hi-dive last night indicating that this was an acoustic show. Meaning: Talking was ill-advised. Even so, some people near the stage decided to have a conversation at the beginning of Scott Kelly’s set, at which point he kindly…

BEATS ANTIQUE at THE FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 12/3/11When Zoe Jakes emerged from stage right during the opening song adorned in a traditional bedleh and a painted mask to tease, it was pretty much set in stone that the remainder of the evening would include sultry hip gyrations, explosive dance moves…

SEAN PAUL at CASSELMAN’S | 12/02/11Setting things off with joints like “Temperature,” “Get Busy” and “Like Glue,” Sean Paul turned Casselman’s into a Jamaican dance hall during his forty minute set. Dressed in all black, save for his gentleman’s tie, Sean Paul transported the entire place back to 2004…

SOCIAL DISTORTION at the OGDEN THEATRE | 12/2/11Early on in Social Distortion’s Friday night show at the Ogden, the first of a three-night stand, frontman Mike Ness thanked the crowd for coming to the show and said, “I know you had choices tonight. There’s the Christmas light parade downtown. You…

Chris Romero has been a member of the scene for more than two decades, from his early days playing in bands like Tipper Gore to fronting hard rock acts like Sick, one of the first unsigned Denver bands to be added to regular rotation on local radio, and its offshoot,…

If you’re looking for some captivating music this weekend, you need not look very far. Social Distortion kicks off its three-night stand tonight at the Ogden Theatre. Sean Paul is playing a free show tonight at Casselman’s, Hells Belles channel AC/DC at the Fox, and the Queers stop by the…

Last night, Kid Rock, one the Motor City’s most prized exports, pulled into the Mile High City on his Born Free Tour. On this tour, Kid Rock committed to donating money to various charities in each city. In Denver, the charities he chose were Bikers Against Child Abuse, Excelsior Youth…

The weekend is here! The weekend is here! If you’re like us, you’re looking for the drop on the dopest parties to shake off the week. We’ve got you covered top to bottom. From reggae and world beats to drum and bass, there’s something for everyone to get into as…